Arvind Kumar v. Union Of India And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11450 of 2017 ====================================================== Arvind Kumar, Son of Late Shri Gena Lal Singh, Resident of F-78, P.C. Colony, P.S.- Kankarbagh, District- Patna.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. Union of India through the Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railway, New Delhi.

2. Deputy Secretary (D&A), Railway Board, Ministry of Railway, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi- 110001.

3. General Manager, East Central Railway, Hajipur.

4. Shri A.K. Goyal, Retired Member Staff-cum-Inquiry Officer, Railway Board, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi- 110001.

.... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Amresh Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI And HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 3.

03-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents.

Perused the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna dated 9th March, 2017, passed in O.A. No. 050/00169/2017.

Since this Court is not willing to become a forum for inquiry or the Court is not willing to go through the material and evidence in support of the explanation which the petitioner is willing to tender before this Court, the forum thereof will be before the inquiry officer. The Tribunal has, therefore, rightly ensured the departmental

Patna High Court CWJC No.11450 of 2017 (3) dt.03-10-2017 proceeding is not nipped in the bud on the technicality, which is sought to be raised in the present application. The Writ Application is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) U Rajeev/-